Digest Etiquette/Subject Etiquette

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

digest etiquette

whenever folks reply to a message that has come to them bundled in a 
digest you can't just click on reply because then you will get the 
"whole" reply message as part of your reply including the 17 other 
messages you weren't replying to.
So instead just click reply and then cut or delete the parts that are 
not about your reply and then put your response in. But DO leave in the 
message you are replying about so we'll all know exactly what you are 
are replying about.
ALSO as a message changes from one topic to another PLEASE change the 
Subject line with the change in the message. That way we'll know what 
each message is about.
so to recap:

1) if you get digest version don't just hit reply, but cut "out" the 
other messages and only leave in the message you're replying to with 
your response. From now on if anyone does this please forward me 
examples and I'll email the "offender" privately and nicely "have a 
little talk with them." I'm not on digest (though at times I wish I 
were. . .a vecen cuando ustedes hablan mucho) because I don't feel it 
would be right as the moderator, so I can't see this, but being on many 
other lists I have seen this very often and it is a significant problem. 
Please don't do it.
2) change Subject to properly reflect what the message is about

thanks,

joseph